Atticus, Jem and Scout's father, is a lawyer who is apparently trying to defend a black man while raping a white girl. Answered by mackenzie b #640624 on 4/20/2017 1:34 AM atticus is trying to defend a black man named tom robinson
Search. A linking verb is a verb which connects a subject to its predicate without expressing an action. A linking verb is used to re-identify or describe its subject. The word, phrase, or clause which follows a linking verb to re-identify or describe the subject is called the subject complement. The most common linking verb is the verb to be.
A linking verb (known as a Copular verb) is normally followed by either a COMPLEMENT element or an ADVERBIAL element. The complement is sometimes called a predicative noun or a predicative adjective, e.g. in 'He is my father', 'is' is the linking verb and 'father' the Complement (predicative noun).Thus the clause is analysed: Subject (He) - Linking Verb (is) - Complement (father) or S-V-C.hus the clause is analysed: Subject (She) - Linking Verb (seems) - Complement (tired) or S-V-C. Note that in both those examples the predicatives are called 'subject complements' because they tell you about the subject, either by renaming it (father), or describing it (tired).